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Respiratory tract infections are common in the young as they have no acquired immunity to certain pathogenic agents and their immune systems are not fully mature. In most childhood respiratory tract infections the whole of the respiratory tract is infected, but often symptoms and signs are predominantly of one site. The form the illness takes is often related to the relatively small airways. Recurrent respiratory tract infection in childhood should always raise the possibility of cystic fibrosis (mucoviscidosis).
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Hoeprich, P.D. (1977). Infectious Diseases, Sections 4, 5 and 6. (London: Harper and Row)
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Welsby, P.D. (1981). Respiratory tract infections. In: Infectious Diseases. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7248-6_9
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